Watford — Middlesbrough 0:0, 7 November: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 15 Saturday 7 November · 15:00 UTC

Watford 20th · 14 pts DWLLW

0 : 0 1st half 0:0

Middlesbrough 2th · 28 pts DLWWD

Vicarage Road · referee G. Ward

Match predictionBold

No draw

79% · Middlesbrough sit 18 places higher in the table

Prediction missed. We predicted “No draw”, and the match finished 0:0.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Watford 32% draw 26% Middlesbrough 42%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Middlesbrough win, and the match finished 0:0. Fans backed Middlesbrough win — they got it wrong.

fans 67 votes

Watford 37% draw 16% Middlesbrough 47%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

C. Brittain 21'

S. Byram 44'

S. Berhalter 59'

O. H. Traore 71'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Watford 5-3-2 4-3-3 Middlesbrough

Federico Ravaglia  
Krépin Diatta  4 Kévin Keben Biakolo  6 Matthew Pollock  29 Branimir Mlačić  33 Jordan Zemura  
Edo Kayembe  22 Martín Payero  17 Iker Bravo  
Amin Nabizada  20 Mamadou Doumbia  

Amario Cozier-Duberry  13 David Strelec  16 Jeremy Sarmiento  
Sebastian Berhalter  10 Aidan Morris  8 Riley McGree  
Callum Brittain  4 Ashley Phillips  29 Adilson Malanda  3 Sam Byram  
Radek Vitek  

Watford bench

26Daniel Bachmann
9Luca Kjerrumgaard
16Marc Bola
23Omar Haktab Traore
7Othmane Maamma
11Rocco Vata
24Sam Walker
45Stephy Mavididi
51Travis Akomeah

Middlesbrough bench

18Connor Barron
22Kyle Joseph
19Leo Castledine
12Luke Ayling
17Max Arfsten
14Myles Peart-Harris
30Neto Borges
31Solomon Brynn
9Tommy Conway

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

26%Possession74%

8Shots18

1Shots on target4

3Shots off target8

4Blocked shots6

4Shots inside box14

4Shots outside box4

72Attacks138

39Dangerous attacks67

5Corners6

4Offsides1

12Fouls9

1Yellow cards3

4Saves1

227Passes669

175Accurate passes601

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Watford

MiddlesbroughThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Watford and Middlesbrough met on matchday 15 of the Championship on 7 November at Vicarage Road. Final score — 0:0.

Watford sit 20th on 14 points after 9 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses), 3 matches without conceding. Middlesbrough sit 2th on 28 points after 10 matches (5 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss), 3 matches without conceding.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Watford last five Middlesbrough

DWLLW form DLWWD

9 Matches 10

2 — 1 — 6 Wins — draws — defeats 5 — 4 — 1

7 — 16 Scored — conceded 22 — 14

0.78 Points per game 1.9

0.78 Goals scored per game 2.2

3 Clean sheets 3

4 Failed to score 2

unbeaten in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Watford at home: 5 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 4—6, 1.4 points per match.

Middlesbrough away: 5 matches, 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 10—7, 1.6 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Stoke City	15	9	2	4	24—18	29
2	Middlesbrough	14	8	4	2	30—19	28
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	8	4	3	26—18	28
…
19	Lincoln City	14	4	3	7	14—24	15
20	Watford	14	4	2	8	13—23	14
21	Charlton Athletic	14	3	5	6	11—22	14

Full Championship table